Photojournalists in Gaza struggle with survival issues while working to get their images out to the world
A limited number of journalists in Gaza are trying to report on the war with Israel while facing the same problems as the besieged Palestinian population there, wondering where to live, where to get food and water, and how to stay safe. The aftermath of the explosion...
Weaponized Oil: Lessons from the traumatic energy crises of 1973 for the U.S. economy today
By Jim Krane, Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy; Lecturer, Rice University; and Mark Finley, Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Fifty years ago, a secret deal among Arab governments triggered...
“Killers of the Flower Moon” details just one story of how the U.S. was built on stolen lands and wealth
By Torivio Fodder, Indigenous Governance Program Manager and Professor of Practice, University of Arizona Director Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation’s land in Oklahoma in the...
President Biden’s trip to the Middle East had messages for both global and domestic audiences
By Allison M. Prasch, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to travel to an active war zone and the scene of an unfolding humanitarian crisis spoke volumes, even before his arrival....
How Putin is exploiting America’s polarized political system as the latest battlefield against Ukraine
In a very real way, the United States of America and the Russian Federation have been at war for eight years now. Russian partisans will tell you that the U.S. started it when Victoria Nuland was representing U.S. interests in Ukraine in 2014, around the time Russia...
War of weak results: Why a reflexive act of military revenge could burden Israel like it did the U.S.
By Peter Mansoor, Professor of History, General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, The Ohio State University In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to...
Rage against Netanyahu: Deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust spurs a crisis of confidence for Israel
By Avner Cohen, Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies Living for 75 years within a hostile neighborhood has required the state of Israel to provide security against external threats to all its citizens. That...
How religious prejudice makes reporting sexual misconduct harder for Jewish and Muslim women
By Keren McGinity, Research Associate, Brandeis University October 2023 marks the anniversary of #MeToo: six years since actor Alyssa Milano’s tweet calling for women to speak out about experiences of abuse went viral and helped launch a global movement. Ever since,...
Hundreds of asylum-seekers remain stuck in limbo at Chicago airports while waiting for shelter space
Hidden behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation’s busiest airports is Chicago’s unsettling response to a growing population of asylum-seekers arriving by plane. Hundreds of migrants, from babies to the elderly, live inside a shuttle bus center at...
Struggle for federal aid: Escalating natural disasters is draining FEMA’s ability to fund recovery efforts
By Latisha Nixon-Jones, Associate Professor of Law, Jacksonville University As questions loom over the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ability to fund disaster recovery efforts, people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by recent wildfires and storms are...
The Last Alarm: Milwaukee honors the public service of firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice
Milwaukee’s annual memorial ceremony to honor its fallen firefighters was held on October 12 at MFD Headquarters Station 2, a solemn tradition observed since 1996 to remember those who were lost performing their duty or as a result of their public service. Since...
New mural at Miller High Life Theatre celebrates the iconic beer brand’s long history in Milwaukee
Molson Coors Beverage Company unveiled a new mural at the historic Miller High Life Theatre in downtown Milwaukee on October 12, a tribute to both the city’s rich heritage and the iconic beer products’s deep roots in the community. The Miller High Life...
